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Do you dare to consume meat products?

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Nowdays, I've heard bout bird flu things and also mad cow disease.. Do you dare to consume meat products rite now? Especially bird's products.. Me, i tried to avoid any meat products if i could! For health reasons of course!

How bout you?

well, i dont know much about all that sort of health thingie...but yes, id consume meat because of health reasons too!

I have done a lot of research on becoming vegetarian and decided to become one (13 years ago). I won't directly try to persuade anyone to stop eating meat, but if you do the research yourself you will also find that eating meat is just wrong... for a lot of different reasons. I haven't eaten any animal flesh or by-products (I do eat eggs and cheese) for 13 years and am extremely healthy.

Bird Flu? Mad Cow Disease? Never really scared me very much. I was taught at a very young age to be extremely careful with raw food or like my father use to say, "Prepare food properly and cook it well because the dead have a habit of F%cking you over from the other side."

Quote by ZeroFear"Prepare food properly and cook it well because the dead have a habit of F%cking you over from the other side."

That's one of the funniest things I've ever heard. I think I will start using that as my reason for not eating dead animals! HA! Thanks!

i continue to eat meat... just have to be aware of things and know from where the meat comes from...

I still eat meat, but if bird flu comes to the United States (which it probably will), I'll stop eating chicken for a while until there's a dependable vaccine.

As for eating beef, I won't eat it unless it comes from the local butcher shop, because they only sell the meat of grain-fed Ohio-bred/raised cattle. It's the same with the pork, chicken, and turkey they sell. If the beef comes from the supermarket, I won't touch it.

Mmmmm, meat. Love the meat...

Thanks for all the comments you guys! ;)

I'm sorry for this late reply! ^_^'
I have some problem getting into this website.. Phew! :D I did managed through it though..

Well, everyone have their says and rights to choose whatever food they eat.. We can't control someones appetite don't we?! So, it's up to you whether to choose to go for meat or meatless.. We mustn't add differences between a omnivore and a herbivore..

The point is we choose to eat the best for ours health. A man with wealth is worthless if his health is deteriorate and what if he got the best medical treatment but still cannot gained back his health..

Nevertheless, health is the most important and the most precious thing in ours life.. and no ones should take it away from you but yourself!

Lastly, please take care of yours health.. Whether you're vege or not it's still the same to me! ;D

merged: 03-03-2006 ~ 08:20pm

Quote by SunSpotsYes, i dare to eat meat, now get a life you vegetarian scumbags

merged: 03-01-2006 ~ 05:12am
PS: It is known fact that Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, so how does that make you feel all you dumb plant eaters?

Ok! I get what you mean but one thing i wanna to tell you is that I'm not a vege! ^_^' I said that i try to avoid meat products not totally avoid it..

Anyway, thanks for the comment!

If in my meal there isn't something that wasn't once alive in it, then it isn't a meal to me. Honestly, you could point to a chicken and say "that one has bird flu" and I would fry that bad boy up and eat him right there. Fearless and stupid... bad combination.

Everything that has been boiled our heated at proper level should be undangerous.
Never heared about a virus that survives boiling.

i have anemia which is related to an iron deficiency--if i dont eat red meat, and lots of it, i would die

Dare ? That souns a little too paranoiac.

Well you won't have any problem with bird flu if the "meat" is cooked so... but I guess that I'm quite lucky to be in a place where these risks are more limited(well fortunately it has some advantages to be in a little place remote of lot of things).

I'm too much of a meat lover to stop eating meat.

I will still eat it, I'm not very worried about it at the moment.

Can't live without my meat. I'm salivating just pictureing a nice juicy steak and some ribs. :D

I'ld call that extreme paranoia. Everything everywhere is diseased and dangerous for your health unless you live very, very carefully. Eating with your hands is probably going to be more dangerous than any meat products you'll run across, likewise if you don't get enough protein it'll be equally bad for your health so you better be at least substituting something else for your meat.
As for me I acknowledge all these things but live with good karma, if somethings going to hurt me or kill me the food i eat is the least of my worries, likewise with my apetite the suffering ( XP ) i'ld go through not eating half the things i do is not worth the one in a billion chance my food MIGHT hurt me

I love animals love them to death I love them more than I love the humans. I'm not afraid not even one little bit of any kind of animal big or small but when it comes down to it I need my meat and if it is prepared correctly then there is nothing to fear but if your body isn't strong enough to fight off everything that happens to happen to it when it should then maybe you're popping too many pain relievers and taking too much medicine.

Ok, my turn! This might be long, you've been warned...

I think saying to yourself "I won't eat any meat because there's a chance I might get mad-cow, salmonella, etc." is the same as saying:

"I won't ever drive because there's a chance I might get in an accident because somebody's not paying attention, drunk, etc."

"I won't ever drink coffee because there's a chance I might spill it on myself and get burnt"

"I won't ever go swimming at the beach because there's a chance I might get stung by a jellyfish or bit by a shark"

"I won't ever get on the Internet because there's a chance someone might try to upload a virus on my computer"

I could go on but y'all get the idea. Basically, if you cut everything you like out of your life because there's a risk involved, you're not going to like life much after a while. There comes a time when you take what precautionary measures you can, and take a deep breath and throw the dice.

As far as meat goes: cook it thoroughly, and if you're going out for it, get it from reputable restaurants, not from the guy on a streetside booth selling it for $1.99. And if there's any hardcore vegetarians out there that think it's morally wrong to consume any kind of animal flesh, make a thread and send folks the link! I'll certainly chime in.

Ok, that's enough- sorry about the length.
:pacman:

Iguess the main thing is to make sure you get a properly balanced diet. That can be accomplished in many many ways (just go ask any nutritionist). As for diseases progating through food well....

Quote by bart416Everything that has been boiled our heated at proper level should be undangerous.
Never heared about a virus that survives boiling.


This is true for viruses (think about fevers as a response to viruses) but mad cow works different, thats why they tend to destroy the animals that are found with this disease. Also remember there are alot of plants and animals out there that make good meals but a few of them do require special prep or only eating only one part of the plant because the rest of it could make you seriously ill or kill you.

But don't worry, after all you take a huge risk just by stepping out your front door.

dont care about them
still eat chicken when everyone is scared about the bird flu
and now still eat meat product
and im perfectly healthy

As long as that specific piece of meat isn't infected, go ahead and eat it.
It's like avoiding people like the plague because one of them might have aids or something.

i dont really care if its diseased >> isnt the fda suppose to inspect the stuff before they sell it. since its been tested it should be ok to eat

well not mad cow, cause i just ate meat last night in a all you can eat Japanese cuisine and its not really that serious. The whatever bird flu thats been spreading and killing the birds, yes depending where i am at. Since im in Canada i don't feel too threaten by it but next month where i'll be going to Hong Kong then yes, i won't eat any chicken. It depends on the location and what disease it is. Different disease have different precaution to make

I don't like meat; not because ecologism, or animal rights, it's just I don't like it much although i eat once in a while cured ham and highly-seasoned pork sausage (or so says the dictionary it's called in english...)

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